The Independent Police Investigate Directorate has confirmed that it is investigating the circumstances under which seven suspects, linked to the murder of five police officers, were gunned down by police at Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape.
The seven suspects were killed in what police say was a shootout at the church on Friday evening. It is alleged that the suspects had a hand in the murder of five policemen in Ngcobo.
IPID spokesperson, Moses Dlamini, says the investigation officially started on Sunday morning and there will be consequences if proper procedures were not followed.
“The investigation is in its early stages. Once we have concluded the investigation we’ll be able to determine whether police action was appropriate under the circumstances. Depending on the evidence that we uncover we will then be able to make recommendations in line with the outcome of the investigation. If the investigation finds that there’s evidence of unnecessary use of force we will make the appropriate recommendations at that time. At this stage we are not there, we haven’t uncovered the evidence because we must still do the investigation.”
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